Shopping at Toronto’s best artisans and designers – women’s fashion

Vintage dress, ©cherylfoong/Flickr

This article may concern rather the ladies as they are the ones who like to shop more and are more interested in designer clothes and fashion. In the past decades Toronto’s shops have become more hip. Locally designed and made goods are quite popular these days. You can find anything your imagination fancies from fashion to jewelry and others.

Visit Toronto and enter the best stores offering articles designed by Canadians from Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Here are a few of the most popular shops in town where you should enter and find something to your liking. Choose from a wide selection and get something nice for yourself or find a gift for your mom, female relatives and girlfriends.

Fun and comfy at Fresh Collective

At Fresh Collective you will find the latest designs from Michelle Carey, Studi Fresh, Mandala Designs and Yoga Jeans. All articles here are inspired by the vintage style and are ideal for casual wear. Buy fun and comfortable clothes, undies and colorful jewelries by Sailor Girl and Curious Oddities. The store can be found at Roncesvalles, Queen West and Kensington.

Beautiful bracelet, ©Ava R./Flickr

Unique articles from Preloved

All clothing articles at Preloved (located at Queen West) are made of reclaimed vintage fabrics which make them special and one of their kind. If you hate to walk across the street and see someone else in the same dress or top that you are wearing, then this shop is your dream location, for anything you buy from Preloved will be the one and only piece and nobody will wave at you for wearing the same blouse or tank top.

Preloved, ©Ian Muttoo/Flickr

Mixed styles at Coal Miner’s Daughter

This shop is located in the Annex and sells clothes from a number of brands mixed with a few vintage articles, shoes and purses. Treat yourself with a new party dress from Pink Martini, a comfortable Clementine & Tweed maxi tank dress or other articles by CiCi, Vancouver’s Allison Wonderland and Montreal’s Eve Garvel. You might find something matching your style in the jewelry section and local nail polish line as well.

Vintage dress, ©cherylfoong/Flickr

Elegance at Ziliotto

Are you a lady who prefers to dress always smart and have an elegant look will be happy to hear that in Toronto there’s a shop for that. Jennifer Ziliotto Durand, who started her designer career in Paris working with Chanel, launched her label in 2002. Come to Bloor West or Danforth and buy yourself a lovely rose colored pocket dress or other cute garments.